Union Army Recruits in White Regiments in the United States, 1861-1865 (ICPSR 9425)

This data collection was designed to analyze the
relationships among height, morbidity, and mortality among individuals
recruited into the Union Army. Information about each recruit includes
date, place, and term of enlistment, place of birth, military ID
number, random number assigned to each company, occupation before
enlistment, age at enlistment, and height. Population figures for 1850
to 1860 by race, sex, and county of birth also are included by county
and town of both recruit's birth... (more info)

This data collection was designed to analyze the
relationships among height, morbidity, and mortality among individuals
recruited into the Union Army. Information about each recruit includes
date, place, and term of enlistment, place of birth, military ID
number, random number assigned to each company, occupation before
enlistment, age at enlistment, and height. Population figures for 1850
to 1860 by race, sex, and county of birth also are included by county
and town of both recruit's birth and enlistment places. In addition,
the latitude and longitude of the population centroids of each civil
division were also computed.

Access Notes

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

Fogel, Robert W., Stanley L. Engerman, Clayne Pope, and Larry Wimmer. Union Army Recruits in White Regiments in the United States, 1861-1865. ICPSR09425-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09425.v2

These data can be merged using the variable
RECIDNUM with the AGING OF VETERANS OF THE UNION ARMY: MILITARY,
PENSION, AND MEDICAL RECORDS, 1820-1940 (ICPSR 6837), AGING OF
VETERANS OF THE UNION ARMY: UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS,
1850, 1860, 1900, 1910 (ICPSR 6836) and CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE
UNITED STATES, 1973-1998 (ICPSR 2977).

The codebook is provided by
the principal investigators as a Portable Document Format (PDF)
file.

Methodology

Sample:
One-stage cluster sampling of white companies in the Union
Army. Clusters were companies, with each company having an equal
probability of being included.

Data Source:

Regimental Description Books of the Union Army, and
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1860, Washington, DC: Government
Printing Office, 1864.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1991-03-05

Version History:

2001-06-27 Replacement data have been provided by the
principal investigators in logical record length format, and SAS and
SPSS data definitions statements were created. Also, the codebook is
now available as a PDF file.